The Lamb without Blemish

¹⁷  Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. ¹⁸  For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, ¹⁹  but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 1 Peter 1:17-19 (NIV)